Brighton & Hove Albion receive West Ham United as odds-on favourites: Read our football preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium (30750 seats)

Let's look at this action-packed match in the Premier League. Brighton & Hove Albion is in the 1st position after participating in two games. They receive West Ham United who are placed 4th after two fixtures.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

Brighton & Hove Albion have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

It's back home for Brighton, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Wolverhampton Wanderers away with the result 4-1. Estupiñán, March (2) and Mitoma found the net in that victory. Midfield player March got a match rating of 9.23 in that game, the max score being 10. March scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Luton Town in a game that was won 4-1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Brighton & Hove Albion at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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West Ham United form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Premier League away game of the season. During their previous season 19 away games resulted in 3 wins, 3 draws and 13 defeats.

Antonio, Aguerd and Paquetá scored in West Ham United's previous match, the home game against Chelsea that ended 3-1. Goalkeeper Aréola got the top player rating of the team with 7.82/10. Aréola saved a penalty.

Before that, West Ham United travelled to AFC Bournemouth and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

It's early days yet, but West Ham United has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Brighton have pulled off a streak of 12 consecutive matches without defeat (6-6-0) when facing West Ham United.

Top Goalscorers

Brighton & Hove AlbionS. March
S. March
3 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionE. Ferguson
E. Ferguson
1 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionP. Estupiñán Tenorio
P. Estupiñán Tenorio
1 goals

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

West Ham United missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion West Ham United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 4 0 Scored S 0 1 4
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3.5
6 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 10 9.5
4 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
21.5 27 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 16 14
10 12 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.5
40% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 44%
 
12.5 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 15.5
4 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.5
Brighton & Hove Albion Last season West Ham United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
18 10   Won W   3 11
8 4   Drew D   3 7
12 5   Lost L   13 20
72 37   Scored S   16 42
53 21   Conceded C   31 55
95% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
79% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 76%
66% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 39%
45% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 26%
26% 32%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
61% 42%   BTTS BTTS   37% 42%
32% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 24%
13% 21%   Failed to Score F T   47% 34%
 
6.1 7.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.4
3.5 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.1
1.6 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
16.2 18.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 12.7
5.9 6.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
32% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 29%
 
10.3 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   14.6 13
3.6 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 6
2 Manchester City 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
3 Brentford 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
4 West Ham United 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
5 Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 Liverpool 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
7 Newcastle United 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3
8 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Crystal Palace 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Aston Villa 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 3
11 Nottingham Forest 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
12 Manchester United 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 Fulham 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
14 AFC Bournemouth 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
15 Chelsea 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
16 Sheffield United 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
17 Luton Town 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
18 Burnley 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
20 Everton 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 28 5 5 94 33 19 17 1 1 60 17 19 11 4 4 34 16 61 89
2 Arsenal 38 26 6 6 88 43 19 14 3 2 53 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 45 84
3 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 58 43 19 15 3 1 36 10 19 8 3 8 22 33 15 75
4 Newcastle United 38 19 14 5 68 33 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 8 8 3 32 19 35 71
5 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 75 47 19 13 5 1 46 17 19 6 5 8 29 30 28 67
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 18 8 12 72 53 19 10 4 5 37 21 19 8 4 7 35 32 19 62
7 Aston Villa 38 18 7 13 51 46 19 12 2 5 33 21 19 6 5 8 18 25 5 61
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 6 14 70 63 19 12 1 6 37 25 19 6 5 8 33 38 7 60
9 Brentford 38 15 14 9 58 46 19 10 7 2 35 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 12 59
10 Fulham 38 15 7 16 55 53 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 7 2 10 24 24 2 52
11 Crystal Palace 38 11 12 15 40 49 19 7 7 5 21 23 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 45
12 Chelsea 38 11 11 16 38 47 19 6 7 6 20 19 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 44
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 31 58 19 9 3 7 19 20 19 2 5 12 12 38 -27 41
14 West Ham United 38 11 7 20 42 55 19 8 4 7 26 24 19 3 3 13 16 31 -13 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 6 21 37 71 19 6 4 9 20 28 19 5 2 12 17 43 -34 39
16 Nottingham Forest 38 9 11 18 38 68 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 1 5 13 11 44 -30 38
17 Everton 38 8 12 18 34 57 19 6 3 10 16 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -23 36
18 Leicester City 38 9 7 22 51 68 19 5 4 10 23 27 19 4 3 12 28 41 -17 34
19 Leeds United 38 7 10 21 48 78 19 5 7 7 26 37 19 2 3 14 22 41 -30 31
20 Southampton 38 6 7 25 36 73 19 2 5 12 19 37 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 25

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.